Brad Pickett has several times been told his next bout has title implications. But his shot has yet to come.

Now, “One Punch” has given up thinking about what comes next with a win.

“There’s only one person in the division that’s solid in the rankings,” Pickett told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio).

The solid person is, of course, Dominick Cruz, who holds the UFC bantamweight title despite a knee injury that’s put him on the shelf for the near future.

“Now (Renan) Barao’s got the interim belt, so you would put him at No. 2,” Pickett said. “After that, it’s really people’s opinions as to where they should be.”

Pickett was told he might get a title shot if he beat Barao at UFC 138. Instead, he wound up submitted in the first round of the fight, which took place on home soil in his native England.

Moving forward, the Brit has decided it would be best not to distract himself with the meaning of a fight.

“I know I’m there, but I’ve fallen over at the final hurdle a couple of times,” Pickett said. “For me, my job is just to keep winning and whoever they put in front of me, if it’s someone in the top 10 or not the top 10, I need to win, and winning is going to put me in a better position.”

Pickett (21-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) most recently earned a submission win over Damacio Page that put him back on the right track after the loss to Barao. It’s unclear what a win over his next opponent, Yves Jabouin (16-7 MMA, 3-1 UFC), would do for his career, if anything, when they meet on the FUEL TV-televised main card of UFC on FUEL TV 5, which takes place Saturday at Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. Both of them are known as exciting fighters that put on a show; Pickett’s finishing percentage is 75 percent while Jabouin’s is 66 percent.

It might be hard, however, to make an argument that a title shot hangs in the balance, and that’s OK with Pickett.

“I think both of us are capable of finishing the fight,” he said. “Either way, both of us have the gas tanks to go the distance. I will be trying to finish him from the start, and I know he will. If it goes the distance, it will be an action-packed fight.”

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